Reenforced bottle case



Oct. 5 1926.

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@le-BBENCE 3. EETJKLE, 'OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR F ONE-FOURTH TOBOY H. GURRIE, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

BEENFORCED BOTTLE CASE.

Application filed April 6, 1925 Serial No. 20,933.

My invention relates to reenforced bottle cases and particularly tobottle cases which are provided with a plurality of compartments forreceiving and holding bottles such as milk and cream bottles in uprightposition. The cases are used for shipping and delivering the bottles andare intended for repeated use. While being handled, the cases aresubjected to a great deal of rough usage so that it is desirable thatthey be strong and durable.' An object therefore of my invention is toprovide a case of novel construction which makesit very strong anddurable, easy of repair and economical in manufacture.

The ,full objects and advantages of my invention will appear inconnection with the detailed description thereof and the novel featuresin my inventive idea will be particularl pointed out in the claims.

In t e accompanying drawings which.

illustrate two forms in which my invention may be embodied, Fig. 1 1s atop plan view of one form of the invention. Fig. 2 is a side viewthereof. Fig. 3 is 'a view in vertical section on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is an end view. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view inhorizontal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a fragmentaryview in vertical section on the'line 66 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is afragmentary view in vertical section on the line 7-7 of Fi 1. Fig. 8 isa lan view of a sheet meta supporting mem er. Fig.9 is a top plan viewof another form of the invention. Fig. 10 is a side view thereof. Fig.11 is a fragmentary view in vertical section on the line 11-11'of Fig.9. 1

In the drawings, Figs. 1 to 8 show a form of the invention intendedparticularly for cream bottles and Figs. 9, 10, and 11, show a formintended particularly for milk bottles. Altho many of the features ofconstruction are the same .for both forms, the cases for cream bottlesdo not need to be as high as those for milk bottles and while the lengthand breadth of the two forms are preferably the same, in order that theymay be readily stacked together, it is obvious that the cases for creambottles will have a greater number of compartments milh bottles arr.provided with 12 compartments. Referring first to the form shown inFigs. 1 to 8, I show a wooden, rectangu lar box-like structure, each ofwhose sides consists of an upper slat 10 and a lower slat 12 while eachof its ends consists of an upper slat 14 and a lower slat 16. The twolower slats 12 are protected at the bottom by angle strips 18 of metalwhile the two lower slats 16 are protected at the bottom by angle strips20 of metal. The horizontal flanges of these angle strips extend underthe lower edges of the slats, while the vertical flanges of the an lestrips extend part way up the outer sur aces of the slats as is apparentfrom Figs. 3 and' 4. The flanges referred to as vertical are notstrictly vertical but are inclined inwardly as shown in Figs. 6 and 7the slats being cut away to permit this inclination with the 'resultthat the upper edges of the flanges are inset to provide a smooth joint.The upper slats 10 and 14 are spaced from the lower slats 12 and 16respectively, blocks 22 being interposed at the corners and the cornersare reenforced on the outside by metal angle strips 24 each of whoseedges is provided with two inclined cuts to prowhereby horizontalflanges 26 are produced which support the upper slats and the blocks.The angle strips 24 are miter-cut at the top and bent over anddownwardly around the upper edges of the slats as indicated at 28 inFig. 1. The lower ends of the angle strips 24 extend down over theflanges on the strips 20 as will be seen in Figs. 5 and 6. The cornersare reenforced on the inside by metal angle strips 30 secured by rivets32 which extend through these strips and through the slats and outsidestrips 24 and also through additional metal corner pieces 34 at thebottom which are bent around the bottom of the case so as to haveflanges 36 lying under strips 30. The upper ends of the strips 30 extendabove the case and are offset inwardly to provide projections 38 so thatthe cases may be held in stacked position one on another. As will beapparent from Fig. 1, three longitudinal partition bars are provided,there being two of these bars designated 40 located toward the sides ofthe ease and between which an intermediate bar 42. These partition barsare located toward the bottom of the case and the two bars 40 aresecured by means of sheet metal pieces 44 which are cut to the shapeshown in F ig. 8 andhave an upper ear 46, a lower ear 48, and two slideWings 50 which at their top are cut loose from the middle portion sothat they can be bent on lines 52- The ear 46 of each piece 44 containsa hole, there being a rivet which passes through this hole and throughthe upper slat 14 for attachment of the pieces 44. The bars 40 aresecured at their ends by bending the wings at right angles on the lines52 and on lines 54 while the ear 48 is bent up on the line 56 as willbeunderstood from Figs. 1 and. 3. By bending the pieces44 around theends of the bars in this manner, the latter will be firmly supported inplace. The cross wise partitions are formed by four pairs of rods 56which pass through the bars 40 and through the intermediate bar 42thereby supporting the latter bar which at its ends is beveled asindicated at 58, in order that the upper slats may be readily graspedundermath. The bottom support for the bottles is constituted by aplurality of longitudinal rods whose ends pass through the bottom endslats, these rods being supported intermediately by two angle bars 62whose ends are riveted to the bottom end slats 16.

The case shown in Figs. 9, 10 and 11 is reenforced in a manner similarto that already described and so far as applicable the same referencecharacters are used. The case shown in these last three figures isintended for larger bottles and is higher and provided with fewerpartitions than the other form. Referring to Fig. 10 which shows a sideview similar to Fig. 2. it will be noted that in addition to the topslat 10 and bottom slat 12 there are two slats 64 and 66 placed abovethe bottom slat 12 with a space provided between the top slat 10 and theslat 66 by means of corner blocks 22. It will be understood that eachend of the case is similarly provided with additional slats and that thevertical corner reenforcing strips are longer than in the form firstdescribed. The interior construction is considerably modified to providefewer compartments. As shown, there are two pairs of longitudinal rods68 and three pairs of cross rods70 which extend through the ad ditionalslats 64 and 66. The supporting bottom for the milk bottles is formed bilongitudinal rods 60, the number of whic is less than that for the'otherform; an angle bar 72 extends centrally of the case between the bottomslats 12. Two vertical angle bars 74 are supported at their bot- .strlpssecured on the outside of the corners of the case, said strips havinginclined cuts to provide ears which are bent inwardly under the bottomedges and then upwardly into engagement with the inner surfaces of theupper slats, said last mentioned strips extending over the upturnedportions of said first mentioned strips, metal angle strips secured atthe bottom corners of the case over the lower ends of said' secondmentioned angle strips, flanges on said bottom strips extending underthe lowermost slats and .then up'wardly into engagement with the innersurfaces thereof. and metal angle strips secured on the inside of thecorners of the case, said last mentioned strips being positioned overthe upturned portions of said flanges and of said ears for securing thesame in place.

2. A reenforced bottle case comprising upper and lower end slats. upperand lower side slats, metal angle strips extending under the lower edgesand part way up the outside of the lowermost slats, the upwardlyextending portions of said stripsbeing inset to make a smooth joint withthe slats, metal angle strips secured on the outside of the corners ofthe case, said strips having inclined cuts to provide ears which arebent inwardly under the bottom edges and then upwardly into engagementwith the inner surfaces of the upper slats, said last mentioned stripsextending over the upturned portions of said first mentioned strips,metal angle strips secured at the bottom corners -of the case over thelower ends of said secsignature.

CLARENCE J. MU CKLE.

